Tie-holder for shoes.



No. 819,413. PATBNTED MAY 1, 1906.

J. DETBRMAN.

TIE HOLDER POR SHOES. APPLIoAjrIoN Hum 123.26. 1904.

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To all whom t may concern:

JAMES DETERMAN, oF NEW YORK, N. v.y

HE-'HOLDER SHOES- ySpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 25, 1904. Serial No. 204,710.

Be it known that I; JAMES DETERMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, yboroughf of Brooklyn, Kings county, in the. State ofsNew York,

ave invented certain new and vuseful Improvements in Tie-Holders for Shoes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to improvements in means for securing the ends or bows of shoelaces; and the same has for its object more.

particularly to provide a neat, simple, and efficient device which may be easily applied to a shoe without marring its appearance or interfering in any way with the shoe-lace and the usual method of tying the same.

To these ends my invention consists in the novel details of construction and in the combination, connection, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and then pointed out in the claims.

In the' accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, wherein like letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe with a holder applied thereto made according to and embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, showing the holder and adjoining parts on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a top or face view, on an enlarged scale, showing the holder before attachment to a shoe. Fig. 4 is a section thereof, taken on the line 4 4 of said Fig. 3 and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view illustrating a modified form of post construction.

In said drawings, 10 designates a shoe of ordinary construction, which is provided with the usual lacing 11. of the shoe-upper adjacent to its edge is secured a hollow stud or post 12, which is struck up from a triangular base 13, the corners of'which are bent to form prongs and are adapted to be forced through the leather of the upper, whereby to secure said stud or post 12 in position thereon.

14 denotes a transverse slit arranged in said stud or post 12, terminating at its inner end just above the base 13 in semicircular recesses 15, and 16 16 denote apertures arranged eccentrically in the sides of the stud or post 12 adjacent to the outer end of the slit 14.

` 7 denotes a bail elliptical in outline and curved, as shown at Figs. 2 and 4.

The end portions 18 of said bail 17 are ar- Arranged upon one side yranged at right-angles thereto and extendl apertures 16 in said studvor through the post 12;'

The bail 17 being curved, as shown at Figs. 2 and 4, to conform to the shape of the foot at the instep and the stud or post 12 so situated relatively to the knot of the lacing-bow, the said bail 17 when adjusted to the position illustrated at Figs. 1 and 2 will inclose the knot of the bow and bear upon the portions of the loops and ends of the bow and hold the same under spring-pressure firmly the surface of the upper beneath the same, owing to the ends of the bail 17 being engaged and held within the recesses 15 15 in tlhe stud or post 12 at the inner edge of the S it 14.

In the modification illustrated at Fig. 5 the post 20, carryingthe bail 21, is shown provided with an annular flange 22 and below said flange with an eyelet portion 23, whereby said post may be secured to the leather or fabric 24 of a shoe.

IIt is to be noted that in carrying out my invention the application of the holder to the shoe in no way interferes with the tying of the lace in the ordinary manner or mars the appearance of the shoe or interferes in any Way with the comfort of the wearer.

Without limiting myself to the details of construction, which may be varied within the scope of the invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

1. A tie-holder for shoes comprising a post, means for securing the same to a shoe, said post having a transverse slit therein terminating in recesses at one side of said post, apertures in said post to the rear of said recesses, and a bail consisting of a body portion having lateral mem bers extending outwardly therefrom, adapted to be, maintained under spring-pressure in said slit and recesses, and the ends of said lateral members in the apertures aforesaid, substantially as specified.

2. A tie-holder for shoes comprising a post, means for securing said post to a shoe, said post having a slit extending through the same provided with recesses at one end thereof, and apertures in the sides of said post adjacent to the opposite end of said slit, and a bail comprising an elliptical body portion having substantially parallel projections exranged substantially parallelwith the longi# y tudinal axis ofsaid bail 4 17,while 'the yex-i tremities 19 of said end portions 18 `are -ar= 1 atenten May 1, 1.90'6.

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tending therefrom terminating in ends bent 15 liptical' body portion at right langles thereto and extending through l parallel projections extending thereirorn terthe apertures in said post, said parallel projections being adapted to Work in the slit of the post and their ends to be engaged by the recesses at one end thereof, substantially as specified.

3. A.- tie-holder for shoes, comprising a post, said'post having a base corners adapted to be passed through its sup'- port and bent inwardly'thereunder, and a slit extending through said posthaying recesses at one end thereof,- said post having also apertures in its sides adjacent .to the opposite end of said slit, and a bail comprising an elhaving substantially having a plurality ofy minating in ends bent at right angles thereto and extending through the apertures in said post, said parallel projections being adapted to Work in the slit of the head and their ends engaged by the recesses adjacent to one end thereof, substantially as specified.

Signed at the city of New York, in the Y county and State of New York, this 20th day of April, 1904.

' Y JAMES DETERMAN. :,Witnes'ses:

C. AUGUsTUs DIETERICH, JOHN A. STRALEY. 

